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May 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Environmental Sciences Articles)

Protecting the Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef

Examples of species that are under threat at a global scale but whose regional status is not known.

May 8, 2018

Protecting the Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef

Scientists reviewed the literature to report on processes threatening species on the Great Barrier Reef, the status of marine biodiversity, and the extent of species-level monitoring and reporting.

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May 30, 2018

Top-down and bottom-up controls on southern New England salt marsh crab populations

Kenneth B. Raposa, Richard A. McKinney, Cathleen Wigand, Jeffrey W. Hollister, Cassie Lovall, Katelyn Szura, Jr., John A. Gurak, Jason McNamee, Christopher Raithel, Elizabeth B. Watson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4876 PubMed 29868281

May 29, 2018

Changes in species abundance after seven years of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and warming in a Subarctic birch forest understorey, as modified by rodent and moth outbreaks

Brita M. Svensson, Bengt Å. Carlsson, Jerry M. Melillo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4843 PubMed 29868267

May 28, 2018

Change of niche in guanaco (Lama guanicoe): the effects of climate change on habitat suitability and lineage conservatism in Chile

Andrea G. Castillo, Dominique Alò, Benito A. González, Horacio Samaniego

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4907 PubMed 29868293

May 25, 2018

The influence of temperature and photoperiod on the timing of brood onset in hibernating honey bee colonies

Fabian Nürnberger, Stephan Härtel, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4801 PubMed 29844964

May 24, 2018

Planning protected areas network that are relevant today and under future climate change is possible: the case of Atlantic Forest endemic birds

Mariana M. Vale, Thiago V. Souza, Maria Alice S. Alves, Renato Crouzeilles

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4689 PubMed 29844952

May 23, 2018

Predicting the potential distributions of the invasive cycad scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) under different climate change scenarios and the implications for management

Jiufeng Wei, Qing Zhao, Wanqing Zhao, Hufang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4832 PubMed 29844981

May 23, 2018

An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region

Benjamin C.C. Hume, Maren Ziegler, Julie Poulain, Xavier Pochon, Sarah Romac, Emilie Boissin, Colomban de Vargas, Serge Planes, Patrick Wincker, Christian R. Voolstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4816 PubMed 29844969

May 18, 2018

Tetrapod tracks in Permo–Triassic eolian beds of southern Brazil (Paraná Basin)

Heitor Francischini, Paula Dentzien-Dias, Spencer G. Lucas, Cesar L. Schultz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4764 PubMed 29796341

May 9, 2018

Primary producers may ameliorate impacts of daytime CO₂ addition in a coastal marine ecosystem

Matthew E.S. Bracken, Nyssa J. Silbiger, Genevieve Bernatchez, Cascade J.B. Sorte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4739 PubMed 29761055

May 8, 2018

Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef—how adequately is it protected?

Zoe T. Richards, Jon C. Day